The document discusses visual thinking as an approach to education that allows students to lead their own learning. Visual thinking involves combining students' ideas and making them visible and understandable. It also lets students participate by providing their knowledge and applying experiences to tasks and topics taught by educators, rather than simply explaining theories. The goal is for students to take ownership of their learning process. Visual thinking is a research-based approach that enhances students' thinking skills and self-motivation to learn by integrating mental models and challenging perspectives. It allows students to contribute ideas from their prior knowledge and be problem solvers. The benefits of visual thinking in the classroom include gaining better perspectives, emphasizing opinions, encouraging thinking, improving quality of interaction, supporting new ways